Pentagon wants to coordinate welcome-home events

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June 12, 2003

Pentagon wants to coordinate welcome-home events

Associated Press


The Pentagon launched an effort Thursday to coordinate parades, ceremonies and other efforts to welcome home troops who served in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Called ?Operation Tribute to Freedom,? the effort includes supplying American flags which flew over the Pentagon to be flown at 13 major league baseball games on Saturday, which is Flag Day. Eleven military bands will have concerts in 10 states over the weekend.

?This is all about the troops,? said Army Maj. Gen. Anders Aadland, the head of the effort. ?This is our opportunity to recognize them.?

Aadland said the Pentagon also wants to create stronger bonds between the military and American communities and to underscore that the global war on terrorism is not over.

The effort also includes encouraging people to fly American flags at their homes and write e-mail thanking U.S. troops.






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